Aussie women to the rescue

It was Maggie Thatcher who once said: “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”

And so it was left to our Aussie women to salvage some national pride on the international sporting stage over the weekend.

Frankly, I didn’t think it could get any worse than Trent Bridge. That theory went out the window on Saturday when the All Blacks dismantled the Wallabies at Eden Park to win the Bledisloe Cup yet again.

They were assisted mightily by Quade Cooper, surely rugby’s equivalent of Shane Watson, whose highlights included completely missing his first attempt to catch the ball and then, shortly afterwards, passing it to the sideline.

That white line, Quade? Not wearing yellow. Not a member of the team.

In the second half, Quade really stepped things up, getting himself yellow carded for an errant tackle in the 48th minute and watching from the sidelines as the All Blacks piled on 21 points in six minutes.

All Blacks closing in on our Trent Bridge first innings score. #BledisloeCup

About the only positive from the game was that we’ll never have to play Richie McCaw or Dan Carter on that ground again.

Meanwhile, our men’s cricket team struggled in a three-day tour game against Northamptonshire!

Thank goodness then that our female cricketers had their game face on, winning their Test match and tightening their grip on the women’s Ashes.

Ellyse Perry led the way, taking six wickets for 32 as the hosts, chasing 263, played like our blokes and crashed to 101 all out. Yeah, Stuart who?

This picture below — that’s how we like to see our English cricketers. All the Aussies need to do now to lift the trophy is win or draw one of the three upcoming T20 games. A format in which they’re the reigning world champions.